co The two andthirtieth Boke 
the heat of luft, And 1 matrvell the more hereat, becaufe the pouder of the whole fhell indeed G 
hath the name to heat the appetite and defire to venerie, As touching their urine,I hold it un- 
offible to meet with thefame,unleffe it bee found in their bladder when they bee cut in twaine. 
And yet the Magicians hold this to be one of the moft rare thingsin the world, and that which _ 
worketh wonders, faying it is right foveraigne for the biting or f{tinging of the Afpis, howbeit, 
much more effectuall (fay they) if punaifes bee mixed with it. Tortoife egges dried and harde- 
ned, are good to be applied tothe wens called the kings evill;to any exulcerations,caufed either 
by extreame cold or burning: The famebeing foft,are fingular to be {upped off in the pain of the 
{ftomacke, 
The fleth of fea Tortoifes mixed and incorporat with the flefh of Frogs,is a foveraign reme- 
die againft the venome of Salamanders: neither is there any thing more contrarie in nature to Hi 
the Salamander, thanis the Tortoife. The bloud of the fea Tortorfe ferveth to recover haire in 
places naked and bare, by occafion of the difeafe called Alopecia : it riddeth away likewife the 
skales and dandruffe,yea,and healeth all the skalds of the head: Butthe fame mutt drie uponthe 
head and be wafhed off at leafure by little and little. If it bee dropped into the eares with breaft- 
milke,it eafeth their paine. If it be chewed or eaten, tempered with the fine flower of Wheat,it 
cureth the falling ficknefle. But for the better preparing and ordering of this bloud in thefe ca- 
fes,it ought to be mingled in three hemines of vinegre one hemine of wine put thereto,with an 
addition alfo of Barley meale, and the fame tempered with vinegre : Of which compofition the 
patientis to take and {wallow downe the quantitie of a Beaneevery day, morning and evening 5 
and after fome daies pait,in the evening onely. This bloud is likewife fingularto bedroppedinto J 
the mouths of thofe that befallen of the epilepfie or falling fickneffe, fo the fit be but fmall, for 
which purpofe they muft be forcedto gape. In cafe of crampesandconvulfions,the fame is to 
be clyfterized with Caftoreum. Whofoeverrubbeth their teeth with Tortoife bloud and ufe fo 
to doc a whole yeare together, fhall bee freed from the paine thereof forever. If itbee mixed 
with Barley groats, and given to them that draw their wind fhort, it difcuffech the caufé of that : 
difficultie, yea,helpeth fuch as cannot breath butfitting upright. Thesgall of Tortoifescleareth 
the eyefight, it dooch fubtiliat the cicatrices and filmes that grow in the eyes : the inflammation 
of the tonfils it repreffeth,affuageth the {quinancie,and helpethall the accidents of the mouth: 
and more peculiarly, a propertie it hath to heale the cankerous and corrofive fores there bree- 
ding: as alfoto cure the inflammation of the genetoirs . The fame conveighed up intotheno- K 
fthrils, feccheth thofe againe to themfelves who are in afit of the falling fickneffe, and fetteth 
them upright upon their feet. And with the flough of a ferpent incorporat in vinegre,and drop- 
ped intothe eares that run, it isan excellent medicine to{coure them. Some put a Boeutes gall 
among, together with the broth of the Tortoife flefh fodden, and an addition of afnakesflough 
in equall quantitie; but firft they feeth the faid Tortoifea long while in wine. Moreover, the gall 
of Tortoiles mixed with honey,amendeth all the imperfeétions incident to the eyes, if they be 
annointed therewith: yea, if it were a cataraét,the gall of afea Tortoife tempered with the bloud 
of ariver Tortoife and womans milke,tiddeth and fcoureth itaway. The {aid gallisvery proper _ 
" togivea yellow die or colour to womens haire. Againft the poyfon of Salamanders, fufficient it 
isto drinke the broth or decoction of a Tortoife. 4, 
As touching thofekind of Tortoifes that live and breed in mud and moorie waters,which 
I reckoned to be the third kind : broad they be and flat in the backe as well as upon the breaft 5 
neither doth their fhell arife archwife in manner of a vault: Thefe areillfavoured to feeto, and 
yet asloveleffe as they be,they are not withourfome medicinable vertues and remedies : for take 
three of them and throw them into a fire made of Vine twigs, or their cuttings; when their fhels 
or covers begin to devide in funder and part one ftom another, pull them haftily outof thefire, — 
plucke the fleth outof their fhels, feeth them ina gallon of water, witha little quantitie of fale 
put thereto ; thus let them boile untill athird part of the liquor beconfumed : This broth or de- 
coction if it be drunken, is thoughtto bee foveraigne for thofe that bee troubledeither with the , 
palfie,gout,or paine of joints. The gall of thefe Tortoifes purgeth alfophlegmatickhumorsand M 
corrupt bloud out of the bodie.And after that this medicine hath done his part,and fet the bel- 
licin a loofenefle,a draught of cold water knitteth it againe and ftaieth all. 
To come now unto the fourth kind of Tortoifes which keepe in frefh rivers, they affourd an 
excellent remedie for to rid away a quartane ague,in this manner prepared and ufed; Firft take 
certaine 
